A bull’s head became the basis for the alef sign (our A) because the early West Semitic word for bull ˀalpu begins with an alef sound.

author

Seth Sanders

citation

Sanders, S. 2023. Who Really Invented the Alphabet? The Ancient Near East Today 11.8. Accessed at: https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/who-invented-alphabet

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/words/a/alphabet/asor.org/snippet-2-4.md

random

pi

retrieved

2023-12-12

tags

A
alphabet
history
bull
snippet

website

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/who-invented-alphabet/